Luvs and Lovers, I often wake to some pure crap on my
Twitter TL. I have to side-eye much
crap. I am seeing a push by Black intellectuals for a protest vote of not
voting. Seriously folks not voting is
the plan? Folks it doesn’t work that
way.
The 35.9% of eligible votes cast in 2014 made a decision for
all of the nation. Every presidential
election we have the cult of personality.
These are the people who either have no idea of government workings or
seek to be part of something larger than themselves in every facet of their
lives. If you don’t know your local and state elected officials then your
voting every four years does nothing.
Your calls for creating a political party’s platform mean nothing. The true seat of power in the United States is
Congress. That is why we have the upper
and lower chambers of Congress.
Unlike the GOP, the Dems have been warned of an intent to
tear down the Democratic Party. The
warning was going after the top spot in the party rather than starting at the
ground level. When you attempt to go for
the top spot, rather than work from the ground up, you will face a defense that
is well prepared. I have more respect
for those who peeped the game years ago and became involved at the ground
level.
These people took over their local citizen councils and
other elected offices. They understood
the pen is mightier than the sword. They also understood outside of starting an
unwinnable war (see Civil War) the only way for change was from inside the
system. Penicillin works from within
your system not by sitting on the shelf.
We have an excellent system of government in the United States. People are not risking death to come here for
no reason.
We don’t need to burn down the house to allow everyone
shelter underneath the roof. We only
need to remove the furniture that is too old to be used for the good of anyone
living in the house. All my family got
after Watts were regulations of Black life that were harsher than the ones they
had fled in Mississippi. I was born into
an activist family. My entire family is
one big collection of activists. We are
not into it for fame or fortune.
Luvs and Lovers not voting doesn’t work. The votes cast be they 3 or 1 million will
determine our government. You wish to have change run for office, engage your
elected officials, and vote often. I’ve
worked with Republican elected officials to get things done in my life that
needed to be done. Engagement needs not
be a lost art form.
Every delegate at the DNC in Philadelphia should be making
connections with their elected Democratic officials. Rep. Bennie Thompson doesn’t represent my
district but I know him. I used my time at the DNC wisely. I didn’t ask, “What will you do for me?” Instead I had discussions on what I would
like to see happen. I presented my view of how it could be possible for it to
happen. I had a plan not a bitch. Use your time wisely Luvs and Lovers.
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